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Happenings In and About Brooklyn; BROOKLYN PLEASURE SPOTS That City Has Thirty-two Parks, with More than Twenty-five Miles of Parkways. PROSPECT PARK CYCLERS. Seven Thousand of Them Use the Roads Daily -- Quadriga and Other Bronzes that Will Be Among the Most Imposing of Art Works.

In the publication containing the report of the Commissioner of Parks of Brooklyn for the year 1896 much interesting information is given regarding the growth of the park system in Kings County. There are now 32 parks in the care of the Park Department, with more than 25 miles of parkways, covering over 1,500 acres of ground.

April 25, 1897

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